My story

[lost_soul]

I've been here for a couple of months now but I haven't made an intro thread. I'll keep it short and sweet.

I always have had a lot of mental problems. At 17 I was put on prozac, I think the dose was 20MG. The doctor didn't even think I had depression. I asked him about sexual side effects before he prescribed them since I knew about them and was worried, and he told me they're rare and always temporary. So I got home and without doing any research (biggest regret of my life) started taking them. Within a week I had lost all sexual function and desire. I stayed on the pills for a month or so then stopped because of these side effects, assuming they'd go away. They didn't. That was over four years ago. I've been on a lot of other psych meds since too including other ssris, sometimes involuntarily. I still have the exact same problems. Some things offer tiny improvements temporarily. But I still have not had a proper erection since the age of 17, or felt lust for anything. It's destroyed my life and personality. Things seemed to be picking up a bit in the last few months but are now worse than ever because I've been too eager with trying stuff on this forum and taken too many risks. So I guess I'll wait it out and hope some unexpected medical discovery leads to a cure, but I don't feel very hopeful.